Maine Genealogy

Births, Marriages & Deaths

• Maine Vital Records, 1670-1922 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Vital Statistics Cards, 1923-1955 (incomplete) (at FamilySearch)
• Birth & Baptism Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 (at Ancestry.com)
• Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-2009
• Marriage Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922 (at Ancestry.com)
• Maine Divorces, 1799-1909 UPDATED
• Maine Divorce Index, 1892-1963 (at Digital Maine)
• Maine Deaths, 1955-2009
• Death Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• Maine Death Records, 1617-1922 (at Ancestry.com)
• Maine Social Security Records, 1936-2007

Military Records

• Maine Military Records, 1700-1940 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Military Record Search (at Fold3)
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: A to BER · BES to BYX · C to COR · COS to DRY · DUA to FOY · FRA to GYP · HAA to HIX · HME to JYP · KAB to LSU · LUA to MOP · MOR to PAZ · PEA to RAZ · REA to SEY · SHA to STH · STI to TOZ · TRA to WHE · WHI to ZYR (at Internet Archive)
• Maine Revolutionary War Pension Rolls
• Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service (at Archives.gov)
• Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Grant Applications (at Digital Maine)
• Maine War of 1812 Veterans
• Maine & Massachusetts War of 1812 Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Applications NEW
• Muster rolls and payrolls of the Massachusetts militia, 1812-1815 (at FamilySearch)
• War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files (at Archives.gov)
• Maine Militia Records, 1812-1814, 1820-1850 (at FamilySearch)
• Aroostook War Collections (at Digital Maine)
• Maine Mexican War Soldiers
• Civil War Collections (at Digital Maine)
• Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (at Ancestry.com)
• Maine Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Civil War Soldiers
• Maine Civil War Sailors
• Maine Civil War Pension Applications NEW
• Maine Civil War Navy Enlistment Papers, 1864-1865 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Civil War Colored Soldiers Enlistment Papers, 1863-1865 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Civil War Colored Soldiers Assorted Correspondence, 1862-1864 (at FamilySearch)
• Civil War Military Rolls, Maine Volunteers, 1861-1866 (at FamilySearch)
• Hospital Lists of Maine Civil War Soldiers (at FamilySearch)
• Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain (at Archives.gov)
• Maine Military Childrens Home, 1874-1906 (at FamilySearch)
• Spanish-American War Soldiers & Sailors
• Maine World War I Card Index to Soldiers by Town, 1917-1919 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine World War I National Guard Personnel Records (at Digital Maine)
• Maine World War I Grave Cards, 1914-1950 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine World War II Enlistment Records
• Maine Veterans Cemeteries
• Maine Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 (at FamilySearch)
• Togus National Cemetery Records (at FamilySearch)
• Military Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives:
  • Revolutionary War Pensioners
  • War of 1812 Soldiers
  • Aroostook War Muster Rolls
  • Civil War Soldiers
  • World War I Casualties
  • World War II Casualties
  • Korean War Casualties
  • Vietnam War Casualties

Census Records

• Maine Census Guide, 1790-1850
• Census Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• 1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census
• Maine Surplus Revenue Census, 1837 (at FamilySearch)
• U.S. Federal Census (at FamilySearch): 1790 · 1800 · 1810 · 1820 · 1830 · 1840 · 1850 · 1860 · 1870 · 1880 · 1900 · 1910 · 1920 · 1930 · 1940 · 1950

Land Records

• York Deeds (c. 1641-1738): Vol. 1 · Vol. 2 · Vol. 3 · Vol. 4 · Vol. 5 · Vol. 6 · Vol. 7 · Vol. 8 · Vol. 9 · Vol. 10 · Vol. 11, part 1 · Vol. 11, part 2 · Vol. 12, part 1 · Vol. 12, part 2 · Vol. 13 · Vol. 14 · Vol. 15 · Vol. 16 · Vol. 17 · Vol. 18 (at Internet Archive)
• Massachusetts Deeds (in Maine), 1791-1884 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Statewide Land Records, 1824-1964 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Land Office Records, 1841-1884 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Land Office - Plan Book Maps (at Digital Maine)
• Maine Land Office - Field Notes (at Digital Maine)
• County Land Records: Androscoggin · Aroostook · Cumberland · Franklin · Hancock · Kennebec · Knox · Lincoln · Oxford · Penobscot · Piscataquis · Sagadahoc · Somerset · Waldo · Washington · York (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Land Records (Maine Registers of Deeds Association)

Court & Government Records

• Province and Court Records of Maine (1636-1727) (at FamilySearch): Vol. 1 · Vol. 2 · Vol. 3 · Vol. 4 · Vol. 5 · Vol. 6
• Maine Court Records, 1696-1854
• Maine County Court Files from Massachusetts Archives, 1734-1797 NEW
• Hancock County Court of Sessions Records, 1788-1881
• Maine Trial Justice Court Records, 1817-1904 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Legal Decisions, 1820-2025
• Maine Legislative Index, 1820-1855, 1861-1865
• Maine Name Changes, 1820-1891
• Maine Executive Council Records, 1820-1840
• Maine Secretary of State Correspondence, 1820-1914
• Maine State Archives Catalog
• Maine Wills, 1640-1760
• Lincoln County Probate Records, 1760-1800
• Maine Probate & Court Records (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 (at Ancestry.com)
• MaineProbate.net

Passenger & Immigration Records

• Maine Passenger Records, 1820-1867
• Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts..., 1820-1873 (at FamilySearch)
• Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 (at Ancestry.com)
• Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 (at Ancestry.com)
• Maine, Alien Arrivals, 1906-1953 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Passports, 1828-1851
• U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Alien Registration Records, 1940
• Maine Alien Registrations, 1940 (at Digital Maine)
• Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991 (at FamilySearch)
• Lincoln County, Maine, Naturalization Records, 1790-1955; index 1790-1913, 1790-1954 (at FamilySearch)
• Naturalization Records, U.S. Circuit and District Courts (Maine), 1790-1945 (at FamilySearch)
• Indexes to Naturalization Records of Federal Courts, Portland, Maine, 1851-1955 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990 (at FamilySearch)
• Washington County Courthouse Records, 1785-1950 (at FamilySearch)
• New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 (at FamilySearch)
• New England Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906 (at FamilySearch)

Newspapers & Obituaries

• Maine Newspapers at Chronicling America UPDATED
• Maine Newspapers at Internet Archive NEW
• Maine Newspapers at Newspapers.com
• Maine Community History Archives
• Maine Obituaries UPDATED DAILY
• Maine Newspaper Project (at Digital Maine)
• Maine State Library Obituary Search (Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville, and Bangor newspapers)

Maps & Places

• Maine Historical Maps
• Maine Places
• Map Collections at the Maine Cultural Building (at Digital Maine)
• Maine State Archives Maps (at Digital Maine)
• Moses Greenleaf Maps (at Digital Maine)
• Sanborn Maps of Maine (at DigitalCommons@UMaine)
• David Rumsey Map Collection
• Historic USGS Maps of Maine (at UNH)
• Maine Maps (at Osher Map Library)

Cemetery Records

• Maine Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 (at FamilySearch)
• Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990 (at FamilySearch)
• J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 (at FamilySearch)
• Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Veterans Cemeteries
• Maine Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Catholic Cemetery Database
• Oxford County Gravestones
• Winthrop Burials
• Cemetery Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives

Church Records

• Church Records in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• Maine Church Records, 1734-1907 (at FamilySearch)
• New England Church Records (at Congregational Library and Archives)

Tax Records

• Tax Lists in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Maine, 1862-1866 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Tax Assessment Lists, 1867-1873 (at FamilySearch)

Other Records & Resources

• Civil Lists in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• Sundry Lists in the Maine Genealogy Archives
• 1864 Maine Voter Lists IN PROGRESS
• Maine Voters Lists, 1864 (at FamilySearch)
• Maine Plantation Returns (at Digital Maine)
• African American History in Maine, 1764-1865 (at Digital Maine)
• Wabanaki Manuscripts, 1793-1880s (at Digital Maine)
• Augusta Mental Health Institute Records (at Digital Maine)
• Bangor State Hospital Records (at Digital Maine)
• Maine Book Search
• Soundex Converter
• Double Metaphone Converter